03/27/2024
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This Day In History1861 – West Virginia secedes from Virginia.

1901 – First woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (Anna Taylor).

1908 – Billy Murray hits the charts with “Take Me Outto the Ball Game”

1911 – Orville Wright remained in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina setting a new world record that stood for 10 years.

1926 – Harry Houdini’s last performance, at the Garrick Theater in Detroit, Michigan.

1929 – “Black Thursday”, start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8%.

1931 – George Washington Bridge linking New York City and New Jersey dedicated, opens the next day.

1938 – US forbids child labor in factories.

1939 – Nylon stockings go on sale for first time (Wilmington, Delaware)

1940 – US Fair Labor Standards of 1938 comes into effect – minimum wage, 44 hour week.

1944 – US aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines.

1945 – Charter of United Nations comes into effect.

1954 – Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States’ support to South Vietnam.

1962 – “The Manchurian Candidate”, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, is released.

1984 – 11 members of Colombo crime family arrested.

1989 – After a week delay due to earthquake, World Series game 3 is played.

1989 – Rev. Jim Baker is sentenced to 50 years for fraud.

1996 – Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium, Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win (with no losses)

2004 – 10 people, including 4 family members of Rick Hendrick, are killed in a plane crash near Martinsville Speedway. The plane was owned by NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports.

2008 – “Bloody Friday” saw many of he world’s stock exchanges experienced the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.

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